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INSIDE HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Planning for Better Living The population of the world seek out opportunities in the big cities, and now around 70% of humanity live in the urban environment.

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hey are seeking economic advancement, but all too often they find themselves living in poor housing with little access to the things they need to stay healthy and happy. The United Nations, together with the World Health Organisation, have recognised this trend within their Development Goal 11 (UNDG11), to make “cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.” Giving people the chance to stay healthy is central to this goal.

Local governments, as they make their local plans, are increasingly taking notice of the need to make towns and cities more liveable, and Worthing is no exception. The term sustainability can mean different things to different people, but there are a number of key ambitions that are similar, wherever those plans are being made and put into action.

MAKING IT EASY TO GET AROUND Planners are striving to make it easier to travel around your community without using your internal combustion engine (ICE) car. Walking, cycling and public transport will be increasingly favoured.

Reduced congestion and harmful exhaust

Green spaces allow people to get out of their cars, and mental health can be improved by getting closer to nature on a regular basis. There is also the boost to the ecosystem, with more birds and insects adding to the biodiversity of the city.

emissions, with ensuing better urban air quality, will lead on to better health.

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BUILDING THE EV CHARGING POINTS Building an EV charging system does little to reduce congestion, but at least it will encourage the shift to zero emission vehicles with the benefit of better urban air quality. EV charging points are now popping up around the streets in Worthing. Councils could go further and install more charging points in their car parks.

ACCESS TO GREEN SPACES Access to parks and other green spaces, including beaches, is a key element for allowing urban residents to have improved quality of life. Green spaces allow people to get out of their cars, and mental health can be improved by getting closer to nature on a regular basis. There is also the boost to the ecosystem, with more andLife insects adding to Planning for birds a Better the biodiversity of the city. Planning authorities may look at the prospect of urban parks, for example, old landfill sites.

IMPROVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE Clean and plentiful water together with efficient waste treatments are a key component to a liveable city.

Planners should work with water companies to make better use of new technology, to monitor water systems and reduce leaks. Residents and businesses could be helped to save rain water, for example, by providing free or heavily subsidised water butts.

URBAN FARMING This is a new term but it is not a new concept. In Worthing we have a proud tradition of allotments. This provision has the potential to meet the growing demand for local (and perhaps organic) food, to boost local economies, to make the best use of under-used urban spaces and to reduce the impact of long supply chains.

GREEN ARCHITECTURE Today, architects and planners are finding ways to design buildings that reduce energy use, by rediscovering natural building materials and new ways to incorporate solar panels into the fabric of the building. Ventilation and insulation can be improved and shade can be used to reduce air conditioning demand.

The cities of the future will be better connected, and higher levels of infrastructure development and management by local authorities will lead to better “liveability” for residents.

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Greenpeace Worthing Group joins global protest against deep sea mining

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n Saturday, 3rd June, volunteers from Greenpeace Arun and Adur Group took part in a global protest urging the UK government to call for a halt on deep sea mining. This protest took place ahead of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting on deep sea mining in Kingston, Jamaica next month.

Rod Thick from Worthing said: ‘On Saturday, ahead of World Oceans Day, I joined volunteers from Greenpeace Arun and Adur Group to send a message to our MP, Sir Peter Bottomley, and PM Rishi Sunak that they need to take ocean protection seriously, and call for a ban on deep sea mining. Deep sea mining would destroy the habitat of fantastic sounding but little-known sea life such as ghost octopus, yeti crab, scaly-foot snail or barreleye fish.’

This global banner protest is the latest step in the campaign to protect our oceans. Throughout May and June, volunteers have been engaging the public through a series of activities to make them aware of what is at stake and to put pressure on the UK government ahead of the ISA meeting in late July.

One activity challenged local residents to draw what they think one of the deep sea’s little known creatures looks like.

These drawings will be delivered to the UK Government to demonstrate that people across the UK do not support plans to strip the ocean floor for profit.

On 4th May, Star Wars Day, Greenpeace

invited the world’s most notorious super villains, Darth Vader, Dr Evil and Thanos, to join other ocean destroyers at the deep sea mining conference in London.

The ISA will meet in July where it faces commercial pressure to allow deep sea mining to start. Deep sea mining is being driven by profit-hungry companies wanting to make a quick buck. Vast areas of the deep ocean floor – one of the last untouched ecosystems on earth – would be stripped bare by deep sea mining, causing irreversible damage to marine life. The UK government is currently supporting research into deep

sea mining having approved exploratory deep sea mining licences 10 years ago to UK Seabed Resources (UKSR). The UK now sponsors some of the largest areas for deep sea mining exploration, covering 133,000km2 of the Pacific Ocean, through UKSR. That’s an area larger than the size of England. But the

rest of the world is waking up to the significance of the threat from deep sea mining. As well as leading green tech companies calling for a moratorium, many governments support a pause on deep sea mining. Recent months have also seen indigenous advocates reject deep sea mining, scientific warnings of the risks grow ever stronger, and the longest-standing and biggest corporate backer of the industry call it quits. In May, Maersk announced it was jumping ship, becoming the latest big name to divest from deep sea mining.

The UN recently agreed a Global Oceans Treaty, which the UK government backed, but its tacit support for deep sea mining is completely at odds with its ambition to be global leaders on ocean protection.

Instead of allowing the exploitation of our oceans, or unsustainable land-based mineral extraction, the government must prioritise resource efficiency, and a transition to a circular economy, whereby resource usage is reduced and metals already in circulation are reused and recycled.

Rod Thick continued ‘Rather than a handful of companies exploiting the deep sea for profit, we need to prioritise reusing resources and moving to a sustainable, circular economy.

I don’t want the phone I use, or the chips in my computer to be there as a result of damage to such a precious ecosystem which protects us from climate change and provides livelihoods to people across the world.’

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INSIDE WORTHING FESTIVAL

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oul-stirring melodies and sizzling rhythms could be heard across the promenade on Saturday 10th June thanks to the beautiful collaboration between ‘Drumheads Samba’ and ‘Spring into Soul Community Gospel Choir!’, setting the perfect tone for the week ahead. Last month, Worthing’s inaugural celebration of local arts and

culture, showcased our town’s creative talents in a truly memorable fashion. Adding to the musical ambiance, young local artists took to the Open Stage at South Street Square. Meanwhile, at Montague Place, Motionhouse presented ‘Wild’; a daring circus-dance performance. We caught the first weekend, just in the nick of time, before going to print with this edition.

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orthing and Adur is firmly on the map as a great place to live, work and do business. As the local Chamber, we look at how we can continue to ensure we are a place where businesses thrive and people want to come to work.

It can be both exciting and tough being in business, often in equal measures. As a business owner, leader or manager, finding your people can make a huge difference. Having someone who’s been through, or is going through it will undoubtably reassure you that you aren’t alone in what can be a daunting landscape.

That’s why we do what we do. We’re essentially facilitators, enabling businesses to focus on what they do best. We make connections, help problem solve, promote the brilliant things our members do and advocate for the businesses of Worthing and Adur.

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We have a diverse business community, all supporting each other, and there is absolutely a place for everyone. The old perception of a Chamber of Commerce being ‘old school stuffy suits’ is long gone. We are a truly vibrant and inclusive business community.

We are very involved with the Adur & Worthing Business Awards, which are now in their 15th year! They will be celebrated at a glittering awards ceremony on Friday 10th November at Worthing Pavilion.

At the recent launch event Marnie Williams, owner of Flux Piercing Studio, commented on the impact that winning an award has had on her team and her business. Marnie said “it has really put us on the map in Worthing and opened so many doors we knew were there but didn’t know how to open. The team are incredibly proud and always show customers the award when they come in the studio!”. If you run a business in Worthing and Adur you should really consider entering. You can find out more at www.awbawards.com Our Better Business Show, now its 10th year, celebrates the fantastic Worthing and Adur business community. We encourage business owners to think about exhibiting. Get yourself out there and raise your local profile. You will be among 100 exhibitors who are all there to support each other and showcase what they do.

Some of the very best connections can be from your fellow exhibitors so don’t miss this chance to be part of the event. Last year we saw over 500 attendees through the door. This year we have Google Digital Garage exhibiting and running some informative, bite-size workshops. You can find out more about exhibiting at the Better Business Show on our website.

Worthing and Adur Chamber is always here to support businesses who are navigating the complexities of running a business in the current climate, you can get in touch with us by emailing info@worthingandadurchamber.co.uk or visit www.worthingandadurchamber.co.uk

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COUNCILLORS Following the local elections, we were sad to have lost Roy Barraclough as one of our Goring councillors and would like to thank him for his interest in Goring and especially the recent campaign regarding car park charges.

We do, however, welcome our new Green councillor, Claire Hunt, and look forward to working with her regarding any matters or concerns regarding Goring.

So far confirmed for this year: Activities/Entertainers/ Stallholders include: Bouncy Castles by Dave Hunt Leisure, Crazy Cardboard Boxes, Foam Pool, Activ8 For Kids, AFC Worthing Divas, Andys Angels, Bacon and Company, Broadwater Baptist Church, Chizzys Pick and Mix, Community House, Darling Buds of Play, Dynamic School of Performing Arts, Early Help Hub, Goring Methodist Church, Gym Co., Bee-Fit, Home Start, Hope Hive, Ice Cream Vans, Jim Jams Slushies and Burger Unit, Little Rascals Preschool, Matt Fiddes, Moo Music, Morrisons, Nathans Coffee Van, Park Life, PCSOs, Sing and Sign, South Downs Leisure, St Georges Church, The Mac Shack, St Johns Ambulance, The Little Play Village, Tropic, Trubrunitro, Tumble Tots, Vintage Looks Water Babies, Worthing Pole Passion, Usborne Books, Worthing Town Football Club, The Village Chippy, Wannado Street Dance and South Coast Skips * With the exception of food, drink, rides and bouncy castles (a percentage of which is put back into future playdays)

PLANNING ISSUES Persimmon’s final appeal for Chatsmore Farm was heard during May this year and at the time of writing we have not seen the verdict. We hope that the Arun refusals noted in previous issues, partly to protect the settlement gaps, together with the Worthing Local Plan being adopted, will ensure that their appeal was refused.

We continue to review planning applications both for Goring and as part of the ProGaps Group, those further afield which we believe will impact on Goring. There seems to be an increasing number of retrospective planning applications. This may be due to lack of knowledge and we recommend that before any substantial works are undertaken it would be useful to view the Worthing planning website, www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/planning/ applications/do-i-need-permission/. This website gives information on planning, permitted development and Building Control.

THE PLANTATION In our last Plantation session, we planted an English Oak tree and continued our efforts in cutting back the ever-present brambles to ground level. We started to cut back the Sycamore spurs which are now in abundance. We also continued to collect litter and cleared out the mud from the drainage ditch behind our container.

One of our members, whilst walking through the Plantation, found an injured Owl fledgling. The injury was likely caused by a Magpie or a Rook as they often predate fledglings. The Owl fledgling is now in the tender care of an East Sussex Sanctuary.

Our two-hour sessions are usually held on the second Saturday of each month, meeting off Amberley Drive at the sports field at 10am. The next session is on Saturday 8th July.

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Further information can be found on the notice board at the Plantation, and on our website www.ilex-conservation-group.co.uk

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The Legend and Reality

of Smugglers’ Tunnels

Of all the aspects of local history that people ask me about, none is more frequently mentioned than smuggling; and when people bring up this topic, what is frequently on their mind are smugglers’ tunnels. There seems to be an insatiable desire to believe in the existence of smugglers’ tunnels, some of them stretching for infeasible distances.

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f course, if you think about it rationally, what would actually happen if you dug a tunnel, say, from the beach to an old landmark in Worthing, such as one of its old pubs or houses? Apart from the immediate logistical challenges faced in removing Chris Hare sand, shingle and chalk, what would happen almost immediately is that the tunnel would flood. I don’t think anyone thinks that smugglers two hundred years ago had access to effective pumping systems or the means of disposing of hundreds The Legend of gallons and Reality of water. of Smugglers’ I am sorry Tunnels to say that the idea of smugglers’ tunnels, at least in our part of the country, holds

up no better than the tunnels would themselves had they actually existed.

Charlotte Latham, the Victorian folklorist, who lived through some of the most active years of smuggling, gave credence to these tunnel stories in her paper, West Sussex Superstitions Lingering in 1868. She described how smugglers had terrified the kitchen staff of one large house on the Sussex coast by entering the house through a concealed entrance.

They moved furniture and crockery around when the servants were out of the room and they could be heard rolling their barrels of contraband along a tunnel below the floor. The staff believed they were being tormented by spirits from the

underworld and fled in terror. Only the master of the house, wiser and calmer than his servants, realised the true nature of this apparent poltergeist activity. He lay in wait one night in the kitchen and seized one of the smugglers as he appeared through the kitchen floor in the dead of night, who, Latham says, then, ‘begged for mercy like a mortal.’

Latham believed that “the vigilance of the Preventive [Coastguard] Service has laid many ghosts in Sussex.” In other words, many of the hauntings and strange lights in the sky reported to her by the old people of her day were in reality the late night activities of smugglers, and that, “the present disposition to believe in ghost

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Contemporary folklorist, Jacqueline Simpson has speculated that smugglers may have put about tales of tunnels to distract people from their real overland routes.

stories is in a great measure traditionary from the last generation, when smuggling was in the ascendant.”

Perhaps Latham was trying too hard to identify cause and effect? It seems likely that the belief in tunnels and strange subterranean worlds predates smuggling.

Contraband was stored by smugglers in various locations. Vertical shafts were dug and barrels of spirit lowered into them for storage, but that is a very different proposition to a tunnel extending for many hundreds of yards under streets and properties. Some inns and hotels had long cellars for storing wine and perishable

grandparent had. It is frequently stated by the informant that the tunnel was ‘blocked off’ years ago and is no longer accessible. People cling determinedly to these family stories and take a dim view of those who question their veracity. Yet it seems unlikely that smugglers actually needed tunnels as a means of conveying contraband, as Worthing in those days was still semi-rural, street lighting was limited, and smugglers, being locals, knew every twitten, copse, and lonely spot along the shoreline, where they could ply their trade unmolested by the excise or coastguard men. Moreover, the belief in mysterious tunnels may preceded smuggling by several centuries.

Contemporary folklorist, Jacqueline Simpson has speculated that smugglers may have put about tales of tunnels to distract people from their real overland routes. Certainly Heene Lane (now Heene Road) was a dark, tree lined track way in the nineteenth century where smuggling gangs could carry on their business unobserved. Brandy Hole Lane, near Chichester, is still even today, a relatively obscure and shadowy thoroughfare – how much more so must it have been two hundred years ago.

Simpson also speculates on an earlier period in history, when Roman Catholic priests hid in ‘holes’ built into the country houses of the Catholic gentry. Charlotte Latham tells us of the supposed tunnel at Offington Hall (sadly demolished in 1960) which was supposed to reach to Cissbury Ring some two miles away.

At Offington, near Worthing, an old seat of the Delawarrs, a blocked-up passage,

which can only be approached from the cellars, is still believed to communicate with the encampment on Cissbury Hill, and to be full of buried treasure. Some years ago, there was a story current of the then occupier of the house having offered half the money to be found there to anybody who would clear out the subterranean passage, and that several person had begun digging, but had all been driven back by large snakes springing at them with open mouths and angry hisses.

Sixty years later, in the 1920s, the story of the Offington Hall tunnel was still prevalent amongst the staff at the Hall, although by this time the tunnel was believed to lead not to Cissbury Ring, but to Sompting Abbots – about four miles away! Kathleen Underwood and Robert Double, who recorded these memories, thought that the tunnel had been built for those escaping religious persecution.

They also remembered that the maids of the house in the 1920s were too terrified to go down to the cellars, even though they were assured that the tunnel had been blocked off many years before.

It is easy to see how ancient legends of mysterious tunnels and buried treasure could be easily transferred to being the escape routes and hiding places of smugglers. Lastly, I think those who have tales of smugglers’ tunnels in their family should not be downcast if they are not actually ‘true’ stories, for they do represent some of our most ancient folklore. Folklore that is extremely old and buried deep in our collective unconscious.

Offington Hall food items, and I rather suspect that it is the discovery of old, bricked-up cellars, that have given rise to many stories locally of smugglers tunnels.

Various local newspaper articles over the decades have carried stories about supposed smugglers’ tunnels. A case in point was in 1959, when the Worthing Herald reported that workmen building an extension to 116 Heene Road had discovered a tunnel leading in a southerly direction towards the sea. There was speculation that this led to the old Sportsman pub at 94 Heene Road. The old pub was demolished a few years later and replaced by a block of flats. Only the old flint walls survive to suggest possible smuggling activities of long ago and there is no trace of any tunnel.

Many people with a tunnel tale will add the caveat that they had never seen it for themselves, but their parent or

Old House, Smugglers Walk You can find more information about Chris and his books at https://historypeople.co.uk/ For more information about Worthing history, go to https://worthingvillagevoices.org.uk/

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Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk 100 miles in 3 days for one good cause

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urning 40 can be scary, but last year, I gave myself an aim to make the GB 40+ Ladies’ Basketball Team for the World Championship tournament in Argentina in August 2023. AND the day after I turned 40, I found out I had done it!

After years of National League, University and Local League basketball, I had “retired” more times than I care to mention! This time, (yet again!) I was missing it!

I got back to playing and joined the second half of the local league season, in 2019, playing a couple of tournaments.

Like most of us, life has thrown me some curve balls. I lost my brother while I was at Uni and lost my mum way too early due to a progressive hereditary disease which thankfully I later found out at age 30, when I felt ready to check, that I do not carry it. I’d had injuries, heartbreak, the usual stuff!

Two years ago, I got really low. I struggled with waking up, working and general energy, brain fog was a killer. I had no passion to learn, retain information, no drive to do anything.

I was supported and helped back to health by a nutritionist friend who was studying at the time, and realised my symptoms were likely to be caused by mould in my flat. There were no magic pills. When I realised, my sanity returned and my brain worked. I had some control over my life again, and some will to find passion and fun; where did I look? Basketball!!!!

It was time to find my passion, and I was so excited to play again. I asked to join a new ladies team, as the one I had played with a couple years before had disbanded. I joined a local men’s team and got to play with my husband, who is still fairly new to the sport. I went to some training camps in Nottingham for the GB Maxi Basketball program and was asked to attend a tournament in December 2022 in Murcia.

Fast forward to Jan 2023. I was turning 40! The last camp before World Pathway Selection was on my birthday weekend.

Athough I’d been asked to go to the other tournament, I wasn’t sure I had a chance for the Worlds Team selection!

Waking up in Egypt on the Monday after the last training camp, one day after turning 40, I got the news! I WAS GOING TO ARGENTINA. So, it continues this story; training and working on the road to Worlds in Mar Del Plata, 2023. It hasn’t been easy, but it is and will be SO worth it! By Christie Petrucha-Rourk.

Christie has set up a gofundme to help with this self-funded trip to represent GB in the 40+ age category at the World Championships at the end of the summer. If you would like to support her, please visit gofundme. https://gofund.me/2789d5b5

n Thursday 8th June 2023, Steve Atkins, the Chair of the Sussex Disability Football League, will be putting his best foot forward, swapping his football boots for walking boots as he sets out to walk 100 miles in three days with the aim of raising awareness of pan disability football provision with Sussex. It is also to raise money towards meeting the cost of delivering Sussex Disability League’s football fixtures for another season. https://www.justgiving.com/ crowdfunding/stevewalks4sdfl?utm_ term=6nNYVGwRN Setting out bright and early from Worthing Town Football Club, Palatine Park, Worthing; Steve’s walk will take in the home grounds of several football clubs along the way. He will be calling at Worthing FC, Crawley Town FC, East Grinstead FC, Seaford Town FC, Brighton and Hove Albion FC and after walking through the night, will arrive at the home of the Sussex Disability Football League in Culver Road, Lancing early on Sunday 11th June - the last day of the 22/23 season.

Steve Atkins said: “The league has been growing every year since it started in 2009 and we have seen a huge growth in adult and youth football, but the cost of running it is growing too and it’s a challenge to provide a quality product to our members and their families.”

“We have some wonderful sponsors who have been extremely kind and loyal to the league for many years but in these uncertain times I do worry about the future. I’d love to raise the full amount and I’m hoping for the best, but anything helps.

I’d like people to support my walk and help me raise the money, but I also want to use it as an opportunity to engage with the clubs around Sussex.

“We need their help to raise the profile of Pan-Disability football as proper football; a sport that’s open, accessible and available for everyone. The more we speak about it, the more chance there is of people coming along and joining in. I would love it if a representative of each club comes out for a photo and quick chat while I’m passing by their ground. If they came with a cup of coffee and a biscuit, I would count that as a win and 3-points in the bag!”

Pauline Fox, Chief Executive Officer

at Worthing Town FC said: “I am delighted that Steve has chosen to start this amazing walk from Worthing Town FC where as a club we see inclusion as part of everyday life, especially in football. Disability takes so many forms, many invisible, therefore not noticed by other people. Football should be available to everyone with or without a disability.

Let’s fly that flag for disability, raise people’s awareness and hopefully raise sufficient funds to support the league that in turn supports people with a disability to play football.”

About the Sussex Disability League http:// www.sussexdisabilityfootball.org.uk/ The League was originally set up

by Sussex County FA in 2009 to offer competitive football at a central venue for both adult and youth teams (male and female). All matches are small-sided and played on an artificial 3G surface to ensure the league is accessible.

In 2012, the League became independent to take advantage of further funding and commercial opportunities and to expand and develop the League further.

A committee was set up with 8 Officers who met regularly to discuss league matters.

In 2016/17 season having outgrown our home of Hassocks Sports Centre, the League negotiated a deal with Sussex County FA to move the leagues fixtures to the 3G Stadium Pitch at Culver Road, Lancing, BN15 9AX. This is a great facility, players have a top quality all-weather pitch to use and spectators have an outdoor food area and an indoor bar to keep warm.

More recently, we have seen a huge growth in both Adult and Youth Football and welcome new players, spectators and supporters.

We now offer a huge range of opportunities for aspiring players of all ages and abilities through a full pathway of football. Below are league divisions and Turn up and Play sessions.

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Under 8’s (Mixed Turn up and Play) Under 12’s (Mixed) Under 16’s (Mixed) Under 18’s (Mixed) Adult Walking Football (Mixed) Adult Division 1 (Mixed) Adult Championship (Mixed) Adult Premiership (Mixed) Adult 11 v 11 Development (Mixed)

SPORTS INSIDE 15 All matches are officiated by fully qualified referees who are appointed by the League. All referees involved with the league continually update their skills and knowledge in Refereeing Disability Football.

THE ROUTE Thursday 8th June 7:30am – Set off on the journey from Worthing Town FC 8:30am – Arrive at Worthing FC Very Late – Arrive at Crawley Town FC

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Friday 9th June 7:30am – Set off from Crawley Town FC 11am – Arrive at East Grinstead Very very Late – Arrive at Seaford Town FC Saturday 10th June 7:30am – Set off from Seaford Town FC 12:30pm – Arrive at Brighton and Hove Albion FC Sunday 11th June 3:30am – Set off from Brighton and Hove Albion FC 8:30am – Arrive at Sussex Disability Football League Contact: Steve Atkins 07971 845310

Car boot sale, craft fair and fun morning 8th & 22 July 2023 Arrive 09.00, stalls open 10.00-14.00 Worthing Rugby Club The Rugby Park, Roundstone Lane, Angmering BN16 4AX

First come, first serverd for car boot sellers

Craft stall holders are required to pre-book*

£15 per car or £20 per van (includes bacon sarnie)

Register interest You can pre-book with full payment required 24hrs beforehand and arrival by 08.30 For further information and registration contact: Abi on 07725 865215 or worthingwildcats@btinternet.com * Pre-booking so we can avoid doubling up on what people are selling

penalties and Will stopped the shot from the opposition’s captain to win the game for Worthing.

We are now in the ‘close’ season, when players (who have been ready for training and playing during evenings and weekends, often alongside day jobs or studies), have a chance to take a break for holidays. Whilst it may be quiet from the league game front, we still have plenty going on with tournaments, parties, charity matches and events: following the success of the Manchester United Legends v Sussex Legends charity match, BUFFET DE raising overMENU £26,000. WeRESIDENT are holding a DJ Premier League v Non League Legends WORTHING CLUB match on July 9th FOOTBALL at Woodside Road to raise money for My University Hospital CALL 01903 233444 OR EMAIL venue@wor Sussex. We’re hoping for a good turnout and a great game. This is also the time of year when our volunteer “Working Party” has the chance to do all the painting, sweeping, weeding and repairsparties, needed tospecial o Ideal for birthdays, anniversaries, engagement spruce up the Ground ready for thepeople. next or wakes OUR CLUB BAR has the capacity for 120 It’s a season when (as they say) “We go again!” self-contained venue withIf ayou long bar offering many drink option would like to join us, our prescreens for your pictureseason showcase or start videos and wc facilities. friendlies in July with the league fi xtures following from Our resident caterer can prepare your BUFFET or you can bring yo August onwards. Admission prices vary depending on the games, so there’s something for everyone. By Angela Tanner hat a season it has been for Worthing Football Men League Matches Club! For regular readers, Adults — £16 you’ll know that our Concession — £12 Women’s team had won Under-16 — £6 their League Cup, but at the time of Under-12 — £3 writing for last month’s Inside edition, Under-6 — Free were yet to play their crucial last game of the season against AFC Acorns, where Women League Matches only a win could secure promotion... and Adults — £4 the great news is that (after a nail biting Under-16 — Free game) we were successful and have now moved up to the Women’s National Under-18’s League Matches League South East. This will mean new Adults — £3 teams to play and plenty of excitement Under-16 — Free ahead.

Our Men’s team, who were promoted Season Tickets: these can also be last year not only reached the play-offs good value for money for the keen this season, but also won the Sussex fan, as they cover all Men’s National Senior Challenge Cup held at the Amex.

League South fixtures played at This latter game had a real fairy-tale home, plus all home Women’s and ending. Going into it, our regular goal Under-18’s fixtures. keeper was injured and unable to play.

His deputy on the weekend was also Adults — £272 unavailable for the Reds as he was cupConcession — £204 tied, which meant that 17-year-old, Will Under-16 — £78 Tillman, made his Worthing debut and Under-12 — £51 literally saved the day. The game went to

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If you are interested in coming along to games, full details of the dates, tickets and T&Cs are on the WFC Website: https://worthingfc.com/ Finally, a big thank you to Michael Harmer, spotted the typo in our last article: the women’s match took place in 1918, not 1908 and also was able to confirm that the Ladies’ team won by six goals to five!

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LIVING LIKE A

Lesley

t the age of 71, Lesley Partridge will undertake her very first skydive on Saturday 9th September.

What’s inspired her to take to the skies and dive from an astounding 13,000 feet?

The Worthing local is passionate about homelessness. For many years, she has felt angered about the way people experiencing homelessness are treated in society. Knowing people are sleeping rough in our community is something Lesley finds impossible to ignore. Because of this, Lesley is a long-term supporter of the charity Turning Tides, who work locally, and across West Sussex, to help hundreds of people out of homelessness each year.

As a regular visitor to the charity’s website, Lesley recently found information about Turning Tides’ upcoming fundraising skydive. Her son, who has sadly passed away, had always wanted to skydive.

Lesley saw this as a sign – a perfect opportunity to remember her son as well as make a difference in her community by supporting local people experiencing homelessness.

Since signing up there and then, Lesley has raised an amazing £1,000 through sponsorship.

She said, “My friends don’t believe I’m going to do it! But I certainly am, and they have been really supportive through their donations. I’ve always admired the work Turning Tides do in our community so the more I can raise doing the skydive the better.

I’m heading off to the Eden Project this month and will be doing the famous zip wire down there, which I’m seeing as a bit of ‘training’ for the big day!”

If you’re feeling inspired by Lesley, you too can join Team Turning Tides for the ultimate adrenaline rush on Saturday 9th September! A small registration fee of £50 will secure your place in the skies and support this great cause.

To find out more and to sign up visit www.turning-tides.org.uk/ skydive-2023 or phone their fundraising team on 01903 680740 You can also support Lesley and the skydiving team by donating to their JustGiving page at www.justgiving.com/campaign/ttskydive2023

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CROSSWORD July 2023 Simon Rigler

ACROSS 1 A person qualified to treat diseases of animals (12) 9 Famous, usually for something disreputable (9) 10 Bestow; donation (5) 11 Candidate (7) 12 City in northern Italy; smooth-textured sausage (7) 13 Administrator, especially of births, deaths and marriages (9) 16 Sir Christopher __ , architect responsible for rebuilding 52 churches in London after the Great Fire in 1666 (4) 18 Soon (4) 19 The study of the origin and development of words and their meanings (9) 22 Amount paid on an insurance agreement (7) 23 Report one’s arrival at an air terminal or hotel (5,2) 25 Garlic-flavoured mayonnaise (5) 26 Shipping; haul (9) 27 Situation (12)

DOWN 1 Wine merchant (7) 2 In Native American culture, natural object used as the badge of a tribe (5) 3 Shortage; scarcity (8) 4 A loop made in the end of a rope, with a sliding knot (5) 5 Fruit; sound expressing disapproval or contempt (9) 6 Diamond pattern of two or more colours, based on the tartan of a clan in western Scotland (6) 7 Marsupial native to Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea (8) 8 Tension; burden (6) 14 Small compartment in the front of a car (5,3) 15 Pertaining to arthritis; creaky (9) 17 County in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel (8) 18 Seem (6) 20 Longest river in Asia, rising in the Tibetan Plateau and flowing 3,915 miles (7) 21 Two-piece swimming costume (6) 23 Allure; captivate (5) 24 Recognised; understood (5)

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Broadwater and Worthing Cemetery Bricks and Mortar Tour Saturday 1st July 2023 at 11:00 am July’s tour features some of the Worthing men who played a significant part in the town’s architectural development in Victorian times and into the twentieth century.

John Inkpen was a local builder who undertook repairs in the cemetery (the details of which are reported in the original burial board’s minute book). He repaired and painted the turret of the cemetery chapels amongst other work.

Frank Sandell, originally from Hampshire, settled in Worthing in the 1870s. He was a builder and worked on various projects in Worthing, including the construction of Heene Terrace and

A nostalgic night of story telling with legendary DJ Norman Cook comes to Hove

Heene Baths. His company played a large part in the development of the town, building some 500 houses for Worthing Corporation.

The Snewins were a long-established family of local builders. John Snewin arrived in Worthing from Hackney to take up residence in Warwick Cottage and to run the Warwick Estate. He established a carpenter’s shop, a timber yard, and a sawmill in Ann Street. All four of his sons followed him into the building trade.

Our tour starts at 1am by the chapels of Broadwater and Worthing Cemetery in South Farm Road. Refreshments are available for a small donation.

You Group Tuesday 18th July at 2:30pm. Tony Pratt from Arun and Wey Canal Trust will be speaking about his documentary films on his Postcard Collection on the River Arun and its surrounding stories. Further details from St. Symphorian’s Parish Centre 01903 268109. Email: theoffice@stsymphorians.co.uk

Norman Cook, the man who has performed to over five million people live at the Salvador Carnival in Bahia, filled Brighton beach with 250 thousand ravers in one of the most historic outdoor events in UK history, and the only artist to have performed at Glastonbury consecutively for 26 years running, is inviting audience members to get up close and personal with him for an intimate discussion in his home town of nearby Hove at The Old Market this November.

Hosted by charismatic Brighton-based presenter Guy Lloyd, Norman will be sharing stories of his iconic career to an intimate audience for one night only as the pair discuss some of the breathtaking moments that raised the profile of Fatboy Slim to household name status worldwide.

Tickets to see Norman Cook in conversation with Guy Lloyd at The Old Market are priced from £23.50 and are available from coastalevents.co.uk and theoldmarket.co.uk.

LISTING INFORMATION: A Night In With… Norman Cook Date: Wednesday 08 November 2023 Time: 7:30pm Venue: The Old Market, Brighton & Hove, BN3 1AS Prices: £23.50 - £27.50 Tickets: coastalevents.co.uk & www.theoldmarket.com

Worthing Friendship Centre Worthing Friendship Centre will be hosting Henry Nicholls on Thursday 20th July. The talk will be about Antiques and members are invited to participate. We meet at the English Martyrs Barn, Goring Way, BN12 4UH at 2:30pm. Visitors are welcome and can attend free of charge. For more information, call Julie on 07981 239017.

Broadwater’s Big Day Out We are looking forward to welcoming you all back to the Broadwater’s Big Day Out, a collaboration between Broadwater Carnival Society and Worthing Fire Station Open Day. This year, the event will take place on Saturday 22nd July. We have lots of stalls, children’s rides, arena events on the Green and fire safety demonstrations and activities for you at the Fire Station.

This huge joint community event is attended by over 12,000 people, has been lots of fun over the years and raises much needed funds for charities. Every year, we are astounded by the generosity of our local Worthing community, thank you!

We look forward to seeing everyone on the 22nd July, come and join in the fun!

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Thursday 13th July and Saturday 15th July Enjoy a wide range of choral summer tunes from pop music to musical theatre. Helen Emery will be the Musical Director and Kathryn Kay, the accompanist. Our guest soprano is Constance Starns.

Both Concerts are being held at Emmanuel URC, St. Michael’s Road Worthing BN11 4SD. Doors open at 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start.

Tickets cost £10.00 for adults and £4.00 for children, for tickets see www.rowlandsingers.co.uk The choir has chosen to support Turning Tides, the local Homeless Charity based in Worthing. There will be a bucket collection at both concerts.

Tickets for the KATHERINE JENKINS OBE / RUSSELL WATSON – Wiston Estate Park, Steyning show on Sunday 10th September are available from: https://wistonsummersounds.com/ All Ages (Under 18s accompanied by an adult 18+ and seated), perfect for the family. This is a picnic-seated event, please bring a picnic blanket and folding chairs, if you would like to.

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High Salvington Windmill Opens to the public twice a month during the summer. During the open afternoons, we often host special events such as the Summer Fete – a firm favourite in Worthing’s calendar. This year, it will be held on 2nd July, from 2 till 5pm.

In August, classic car enthusiasts can come to see some sleek oldsters on show

(August 6th), and in September there is an annual craft fair. Crafters can email andyrcampbell@btinternet.com for information about how to book a stall.

The date is Sunday September 3rd from 1 to 5pm. In the past stalls have included stitchers, weavers, carpenters, jewellerymakers, card-makers, and foods such as homemade jams and honey.

EXHIBITION Sat 19th August 2023

come see a fascinating variety of artwork from recycled and found materials...

FREE ENTRY 10am to 4pm The Rooms, 1st Floor Guildbourne Centre, Worthing BN11 1LZ

Get ready to celebrate Worthing Pride 2023!! Taking place on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th July will be a stellar lineup of talented artists, electrifying DJs and live hosts from Capital FM and Gaydio. Joining the festivities will be none other than the fabulous Drag Stars, including the beautiful Anubis Finch from Drag Race UK. Please visit: https://worthingpride.com to view the full line-up and to purchase tickets.

Crossword Solution ACROSS 1 veterinarian. 9 notorious. 10 grant. 11 nominee. 12 Bologna. 13 registrar. 16 wren. 18 anon. 19 etymology. 22 premium. 23 check in.

25 aïoli. 26 transport. 27 circumstance.

DOWN 1 vintner. 2 totem. 3 rareness. 4 noose. 5 raspberry. 6 argyle. 7 kangaroo. 8 strain. 14 glove box. 15 rheumatic. 17 somerset. 18 appear. 20 Yangtze. 21 bikini. 23 charm. 24 known.

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#LETSSUSITOUT

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

To continue with our series articles, tracking in numerical order, through the of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG), Trustees Amberlouise Everitt and Emma Cameron from CREW give us a deeper look at UN SDG 11. This goal aims towards renewing and planning cities and other human settlements in a way that offers opportunities for all. Access to basic services, energy, housing, transportation and green public spaces is central to this goal, while reducing the use of resource and environmental impact.

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e already know that the residents associations, MPs and each most sustainable transport other. options for humans are A huge part of ensuring our town and walking, cycling and its residents’ safety and resilience, is working locally. Local disaster risk reduction. How do we assess group, Active Travel Worthing, are making the impact that climate change will have 11 SUSTAINABLE on Worthing in order to build resilience efforts towards improvements to walking, CITIES AND within our community? David Sale, wheeling and cycling routes. Recently, COMMUNITIES Climate Change Policy & Partnerships subsidised low cost bus travel is a great incentive, and a good alternative to NEXT MONTH Manager at West Sussex County Council, CREW and others are planning outreach driving. A low cost train service would be 12 RESPONSIBLE events to discuss these topics and look even better!

CONSUMPTION at local adaptation. David has developed Creating Make cities a sustainable and humantown settlements with inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable AND a Climate Vulnerability Index tool which housing for all, whilst keeping our green PRODUCTION will help us to measure disasters we will spaces, is something we need to continue August 2023 face such as food shortages, heatwaves, to work on with our local councillors,

fires, flooding and sea level rise, and how we could/should respond.

Globally, more than 1 billion people face being displaced within the next 30 years as the climate crisis escalates, increasing the incidence of sudden and slow-onset disasters. Risk reduction strategies are important, globally, to reduce forced migration and aid stabilisation of populations in areas affected by disasters, which we are already seeing.

Migrants and refugees mostly move to urban areas. They are more likely to live in segregated and poorly maintained areas, making them more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation with restricted access to services. Exclusion from basic services has a very negative impact on well-being and the socio-economic development of urban areas.

Thriving communities go hand in hand with a diverse population. Migrants can bring innovation and creativity. It is important to remember that refugees have experienced some of the worst challenges in human life. Perhaps, together, we can show the very best of humankind by welcoming migrants and

#LETSSUSITOUT refugees, whatever the reason for their situation.

• In 2020, globally, more than 1 billion people lived in slums or informal settlements, with Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa accounting for 85 per cent of them.

• In 2019, ambient air pollution from traffic, industry, power generation, waste-burning and residential fuel combustion resulted in 4.2 million deaths.

• In 2021, 99 percent of the world’s urban population lived in areas that exceeded the new air quality guidelines set by the World Health Organization (WHO). People in low and middle income countries are disproportionately affected by outdoor air pollution, accounting for 91 per cent of the 4.2 million premature deaths.

• Between 2015 and 2030, annual passenger traffic globally is projected to increase by 50 per cent, and the number of cars on the road is likely to double.

UN SDG 11 GOALS: • Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. To address security issues,

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A huge part of ensuring our town and its residents safety and resilience is disaster risk reduction. How do we assess the impact that climate change will have on Worthing in order to build resilience within our community?

accommodation challenges and improve living and working conditions in urban areas.

• By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services, and upgrade slums.

To provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, people with disabilities and older people.

• To provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces.

• To support least developed countries, including through financial and technical

assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings using local materials.

Seems impossible? An example of achieving this type of challenge is the city of Ho Chi Minh that improved the lives of 7.5 million urban, poor and vulnerable people, by improving water access and sewage connections, as well as developing roads, sewers, lakes, canals and bridges through innovative development projects.

CREW believes that we can build resilience if we come together as a community. Sometimes change can seem impossible but through conversations and being united, we can adapt and build a sustainable resilient future together.

We have some exciting new workshops coming up such as Eating for the Future, an evening of lively discussion and delicious food Wednesday 21st June.

Or why not join author and activist, Emma Cameron on 22nd June for a workshop to explore and write about our connections with nature?

On the 9th July we are hosting a SUBVERSIVE CATWALK: Women, Fast Fashion and Climate Crisis by Artist Leah Thorn, an inclusive and fun workshop to increase our ability to think clearly and act effectively about fast fashion and the climate crisis.

Don’t forget our regular workshops - Bread for All and Roses Too - A monthly ‘Garden Club’ for anyone interested in growing food and flowers in a climate, nature and cost of living crisis and The Climate Cafe - an open and inclusive space offering support over cups of tea on concerns about the climate and ecological crisis.

To see our latest programme of events, go to crew.eventbrite.co.uk or see our website.

Interested in being part of the solution? We have volunteer roles available in social media, event promotion, speakers, volunteer coordination and centre activity coordinator. (Most are 2-4 hours a week).

Email: trustees@worthingcrew.co.uk Written by Trustees Amberlouise Everitt and Emma Cameron Charity no: 1198526 www.worthingcrew.co.uk

CREW are excited to announce the completion of our centre mural by local artist, Carys Lamptey. The mural depicts the beauty of nature, biodiversity and the importance of saving the natural world (mural photo attached).

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@WORTHINGETHNOGRAPHIC

Cycling with a 6-pack of mylk?

We’ve run out of mylk. Again.

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...look grimly into the larder but, nope, there’s no emergency last carton hidden behind the chickpeas. Come to that, there’s not even any chickpeas.

Time to shop again.

Dilemma. If I’m to achieve the stock-up at max efficiency - which means buying 6 packs - transport is going to enter the frame.

I could drive down to HISBE, curse a bit about lack of doorstep parking, and get all the heavy stuff we need by car - tins, mylk, refills of laundry liquid (last time I did a big shop there, the lovely manager - who is obviously aware that this is a challenge - helped me carry those heavy bags to the car).

I could avoid using the car and order online from Ethical Superstore or something. But, the goods would still travel the same miles to reach Worthing.

Plus, the profit from online shopping sales would go to a large and notlocal organisation. With a local CIC (Community Interest Company), all profits stay in the immediate community and neighbourhood, which has to be better.

I like reading in our independent CICs about local projects that have been given a hand. I like hearing about and shopping from small local suppliers. Kimchi from Brighton, preserves from Broadwater this feels more humanising and I know it makes for more sustainable communities.

I often cycle to pick up a few bits - but what I can carry is limited by the size of my backpack and my own regrettably flimsy infrastructure. I’ve longed for the physique of a 6ft bodybuilder, but all my life have remained a small-boned wimp.

Great for being nimble and agile - rubbish for hauling heavy loads.

Caroline Osella

When I grew up, on an estate in the 1960s and 1970s, my uncle had a grocery van. Almost nobody had a car in those days, but you can bet we all ate potatoes, used laundry powder and tinned tomatoes.

And then, I hate shopping. The lifestyle option of a cycle-friendly small daily shop horrifies me; spend 1 of my precious free hours a day outside work doing consumer-related activity? I’d rather be in the garden, or walking the dog, or

cooking the stuff, not buying it.

What to buy is a challenge when we want to be thoughtful consumers, support our community and town to be more sustainable. Where and how to buy it is equally perplexing.

I grew up, on an estate in the 1960s and 1970s, and my uncle had a grocery van.

Almost nobody had a car in those days, but you can bet we all ate potatoes, used laundry powder and tinned tomatoes. A school holiday highlight was to go out with him and help, weighing out the veg and riding up the front. In Brighton, there’s an initiative like this, bringing local produce by electric van. In Worthing, we do have local veg box delivery schemes, plus a doorstep dairy-and-more electric van delivery option that promises to use local suppliers, but they’re not CICs. Sustainability - one small dilemma at a time.

Caroline Osella writes @worthingethnographic.com/

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